Gates and Company defines this vertical as companies that research, develop, and sell specialty chemicals and advanced materials.

Gates and Company is one of the leading companies in the Mid-Atlantic region serving the Chemicals and Advanced Materials sector. From our first engagement with DuPont's Intellectual Assets Business in 1999, we have continued to work with leading global companies, such as Rohm and Haas, W.L. Gore, and LG Chem, as well as small and middle-market companies seeking consulting and investment banking support from an organization with deep industry knowledge, extensive contacts, and a strong pulse on market dynamics.

Gates and Company uses our Real Strategy(tm) methodology on client engagements and is able to quickly assess a chemical/material company's core competencies, analyze industry dynamics and competitive activities, thoroughly understand value chains and identify strategic control points, assess optimal routes to market, and determine the value of M&A and corporate venturing to develop winning strategic and tactical plans.

Gates and Company also leverages our domain expertise in the Chemicals and Advanced Materials market to support our Electronic Technology and Life Sciences Technology verticals where material sciences are a key building block for many successful companies. Gates and Company participates in several industry organizations, including the American Chemical Society (ACS), Chemical Heritage Foundation, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and Commercial Development and Marketing Association (CDMA) and has been called on by public and public-private organizations, such as Innovation Philadelphia and the State of Delaware to help develop and launch regional chemical/advanced material clusters.

Practice Leader

Gates and Company's Chemicals and Advanced Materials practice is headed by Tracy Rusch. Ms. Rusch earned a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard University. Before joining Gates and Company, she worked for leading companies, such as Procter & Gamble, DuPont, General Electric, and Cabot. She also has published industry-related articles, including Fluoropolymers as a Material of Construction in Pharmaceutical Applications and Supply and Demand of Engineers - A Comparison of Two Econometric Models.

Chemicals and Advanced Materials Delivery Team

Consulting Services
Tracy Rusch - Practice Leader

Kelly Gates

Debbie Hobbs

Kane Nakahara
Tilo Stahl

Barry Zias

Investment Banking
Brian Brady
David C. Gates

Chemicals and Advanced Materials Client Sampling
Gates and Company has been fortunate to work with several of the world's leading chemical and advanced material companies. See our Clients webpage for a client sampling.

Chemicals and Advanced Materials Services

Gates and Company offers a range of management consulting and investment banking services to chemical and advanced materials companies. The most common services provided include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Industry analysis and growth strategy development
  
• Product and venture launch
  
• Corporate venturing
  
• Business plan development
  
• Mergers and acquisitions
  
• Licensing and technology transfer
• Spinouts and divestitures

See the Solutions section of our Focus Areas webpage for a listing of solution brochures.